Vane Black Sails Novels & Stories

“Which ones are those?” “Just the black widows. And, like, the brown ones.” Agnar Agnar was exhausted, aching, heartsick, and for the first time in a long time, he felt a pervasive sense of hopelessness about where his pack was heading. Even if he wasn’t supposed to feel a thing.

Kent had even used Jared in exchange for me, but this deceitful hypocrite did not let me go, instead, he even captured Kent. The convoy had arrived at the dock. There were many bodyguards in black suits, following us onto the boat. Tim and I led the way with handcuffed Jared and hooded Kent behind us. He held me as we boarded the ship. The sails raised and we slowly moved towards the center of the sea. I was staring blankly at the vast water. The sea, as before. I remembered riding on a tourist boat owned by Kent last time. On that starlit night, we scattered many dried lily flowers in these waters to mourn an innocent life that passed away.

With a heart drumming with joy, I reached out to the file and opened it. I retrieved a white paper inside and stared at it , my gaze scanning on it, grasping the content. The smile on my face faltered, replaced with a deep frown. “Divorce agreement?" I looked up, my brow knotted as confusion flashed in my eyes. Maverick nodded gently and said. “Just like you see. Sign it. I'm quitting the marriage." He simply said, his words hanging in the air. It was as if everything around me froze.

“Caleb is right. A defensive war is a slow execution. But Elara… we have a logistical nightmare. Normal wood rots the second it touches the Black Sea. Normal iron sinks. We don’t have a fleet that can carry thousands of wolves and Lycans across magically corrupted water.” I turned toward Vane, who was down the beach organizing the medical crews for the wounded Lycans. “Vane,” I called, letting the sharp, ringing authority of the crown carry. “My father’s archives. How did the ancient Lycans cross the Black Sea before the exile?” The towering commander froze. He slowly turned, that acidic green eye skimming away from mine for a heartbeat, then he bowed his head. “They didn’t build their own s

She cut herself and held out her hand in the air, so the blood dropped into the sacred bowl. " Hold your hands together so the cuts meet," he said. I turned and faced her, her pretty face was a charm on its own and I found myself struggling to concentrate. I stretched out my hands to her, she did the same and placed her cut palm on mine. A spark was felt and I knew she felt it as well. The fire began to burn so well. Our wolves began to collide and I was struggling to breathe. It seemed the two wolves were trying to become one and we were the ones being affected by it.

Chapter 28: The Red Bond The ocean was not water. It was a black mouth trying to swallow us whole. The Iron Maiden smashed through the waves with a violence that rattled my teeth. I sat on the narrow bunk in the cabin holding onto the metal frame until my knuckles turned white. The boat pitched sideways. Equipment slid across the floor. Maps fluttered like dying birds. Silas stood at the helm. He looked like a statue carved from salt and grim determination. He fought the wheel with his one good arm battling the storm that protected the Citadel.

"He’s trying to wash out the shadows! If he finds us, he’ll 'Re-Master' the child into a mascot!" ​A massive, chrome ship descended through the clouds—but in the Noir-Genre, it looked like a terrifying, high-tech dirigible, its searchlights cutting through the rain like white-hot scalpels. ​"Asset Nora Davis!" Vane’s voice boomed, but it was muffled by the "Atmospheric Static" of the Noir. "You are harboring a Proprietary IP. Surrender the infant for 'Market-Testing,' or we will initiate a Series-Cancellation."

He looked like the Alpha Prime of a decade ago, but his edges were fraying, silver code leaking from his shoulders like smoke. Vane rose across the void, a towering silhouette of red, crystalline code in heavy tactical gear. He gripped a Memory-Blade, a jagged spike of processing power humming with the screams of every wolf the Council had ever formatted. "The Admin is a sentimental relic," Vane's voice ground out like glass on a frozen lake. "You're guarding a woman who's already scrubbed your name from her mind. Why die for a ghost, Kael Blackwood?" Vane swung. The impact forced a memory into the foreground.

Each blow sent a ripple of orange light through the iron chains, turning the rusted metal into a glowing, translucent amber. ​Vane stood on the observation deck beside me, her arms crossed over her scarred chest. She looked at the horizon, where the graveyard of dead ships was beginning to shift and churn. The magnetic pull of our fused cores was drawing the smaller wrecks toward us, creating a massive, swirling tail of scrap and history. ​"Look at them," Vane whispered, a rare touch of reverence in her gravelly voice. "The Architects called them 'failed data.' But look how they want to be part of a whole. They're not just junk; they're the armour for our spear."